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W. WHARTON, J12, & E. SAMUEL.

RAILWAY RAIL.

Patented July 12, 1887.

llYVE/VTORS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM WHARTON, JR, AND EDYVARD SAMUEL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNORS TO VILLIAM \VHARTON, JR, AND OOM- PANY, (INCORPORATED,) OF SAME PLACE.

RAILWAY-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 366,545, dated July 12, 1887.

Application filed March 16, 1886. Serial No. 195.417.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM WHARTON, J r., and EDWARD SAMUEL, both citizens of the United States, residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in RailwayRails, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to so combine a rail with its chair that it will be firmly secured thereto, and be best adapted to resist the lateral strains of the car-wheels, as fully described hereinafter.

The view in the accompanying drawing illustrates in cross-section one form of our improved rail secured on its supporting-chair.

A is a rail ofthet'orm known as a grooved rail, which is used more especially for curves. a is the head of the rail, 1) the guard, and (l a depending web, the whole forming what is termed a girder grooved rail. The rail is secured at proper intervals to suitable supporting-chairs attached to the usual cross-ties.

The rail is attached to the supporting-chai r B by a bolt, D, which passes through the web d of the rail and through the portion f of the chair, which extends upward on the outside of the web and forms a bcaringsurface at g for the head of the rail to rest upon.

The chair B is provided with an upwardlyprojecting lip, 71, forming a recess or pocket for the reception of the lower part of the web d of. the rail, and the rail is provided with a lip, e, projecting downward from the under side of the head a, forming a recess or pocket fort-he reception of the upper portion, 5 of the chair.

It will be noticed that the rail and the chair interlock, so that the lip 6 takes theinner lateral strain from the bolt and the lip h of the chair takes the outward lateral strain from the bolt, and therefore that the bolt is thus relieved from all strain. This is especially noticeable when the flanges of the car-wheels (N0 model.)

in passing around curves press against the guard of the rail, as shown by dotted lines in the drawing, tending to force the rail inwardly in the direction of the arrow, while the wheels on the opposite side of the track tend to force the rail outwardly. In the former case the lip 0 takes the strain, and in the latter case the lip h, in this way relieving the bolt entirely.

Another feature is that in constructing a railway the rails may be placed upon their chairs prior to bolting without the liability of falling, as the pockets formed respectively by the lips e and it firmly retain the rails to their seats on the chairs.

Although the rail shown in the drawing is a grooved rail, it is evident that our invention can be applied to other forms of rail than the specific one shown, provided that the rail is made with a lip e projecting downward from the under side of the head (1., thus forming a recess for the reception of the upper part, 9, of the chair, and with a depending web (I adapted to [it into the recess which is formed by the lip h of the chair.

We claim as our invention The combination of a railway-rail having a head, a, web cl, and a lip, e, the latter forming a recess or pocket, with a chair having a portion, 9, adapted to said pocket, and having a lip, h, forming a recess or pocket for the reception of the lower part of the web (I of the rail, all operating substantially as and in the manner described.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM WHARTON, Jn. EDWD. SAMUEL.

\Vitnesses:

J osnrn H. KLEIN, HARRY SMITH. 

